Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” is still shooting, believe it or not, despite that Christmas Day release looming six months away. Two lengthy back-to-back shoots for Leonardo DiCaprio. That guy’s gonna need a vacation.

Hill has stepped up his profile plenty in the last few years. He’s successfully jerked himself from the pigeonhole of broad comedy (though he’ll continue to be in plenty of those, including this year’s “The Watch”). An Oscar nomination for his performance in Bennett Miller’s “Moneyball” certainly pushes that point.

After “Django,” Hill also has a role opposite DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street,” a long gestating project for the “Hugo” director. Hill is also attached to star in the drama “True Story” opposite James Franco for director Rupert Goold.

“Django Unchained” also stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Kerry Washington and is set for a December 25 release.

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This is awful news. His character has sex with Kerry Washington. Sacha Baron Cohen had the role, and visually speaking the audience would have appreciated seeing his naked rear end knowing the alternative is Jonah.

By: Liz

06.15.2012 @ 7:57 PM

Please don’t reveal specific scenes from the script, even if they seem innocuous.

By: Mike in Canada

06.15.2012 @ 8:04 PM

That seems pretty spoiler-y… And I’ll go on record calling this an upgrade, both talent-wise and rear-end-wise.

By: /3rt

06.15.2012 @ 8:13 PM

I apologize Liz, the internet bubble can fool you into thinking everyone else has read the non-shooting script.

By: Andrej

06.16.2012 @ 4:09 AM

Unsexiest movie since The Sitter, then.

By: tom1

06.15.2012 @ 9:41 PM

It sounds like it’s actually a different, unknown role, and not the role of Scotty Harmony.

By: op

06.17.2012 @ 6:30 PM

Jonah Hill is one of the most overrated actors in the biz. This guy has one of the best agents in town. He completely didn’t deserve his Oscar nomination over Albert Brooks ( in ” Drive”). I would have given Moneyball’s Phillip Seymour Hoffman an Oscar nomination over Jonah Hill. Hill was unbelievably lightweight in ” Moneyball.” His hype machine is hilarious.